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"Let&amp;apos;s get ready to rumble! It&amp;apos;s that time again, Bachelorette fans -- time to round up all the men Desiree Hartsock rejected and put them in a room together to work out their issues. Because that&amp;apos;s not awkward at all.\r\nThe Men Tell All special kicks off with a taped segment showing Des and Chris Harrison &amp;quot;crashing&amp;quot; Bachelorette viewing parties in L.A. and New York. There aren&amp;apos;t quite as many screaming girls as there were when Sean Lowe did the same thing last season, but there are a few surprise special guests: past Bachelor/Bachelorette stars Ashley and J.P. Rosenbaum, Jason and Molly Mesnick, and Trista Sutter, who says the show&amp;apos;s fans are like her &amp;quot;family.&amp;quot;\r\nNext up is another taped segment, featuring Des and past Bachelorettes Ali, Emily, and Ashley talking about how Des should handle the &amp;quot;bad boys&amp;quot; during the Men Tell All confrontation. Emily recalls how good it felt to &amp;quot;rip [Kalen] a new one,&amp;quot; and Ali advises Des to &amp;quot;have [her] bulls--t detector on,&amp;quot; especially when it comes to Ben, James, and Brian.\r\n\r\nThat might be hard to do, though, seeing as Brian doesn&amp;apos;t even show up to face Des. Chris Harrison explains that they invited him back to defend himself, but he opted out -- so they&amp;apos;re going to talk about him anyway. First, though, there&amp;apos;s a video recap of all the drama this season, focusing mainly on Brian, Ben, and James, the latter two of whom elicit boos from the mostly female audience. Jonathan -- a.k.a. fantasy suite guy, who was shown the door halfway through the first night -- also gets some screen time, but the crowd doesn&amp;apos;t seem to react much to his being there, probably because, as Michael notes, they don&amp;apos;t remember him.\r\n&amp;quot;I really sucked that night,&amp;quot; he tells Chris Harrison by way of an apology. &amp;quot;I just want people to know that [the fantasy suite thing] was a joke gone wrong. I&amp;apos;m sorry for people who had to watch that.&amp;quot;\r\nMoving on to the real villains! First up in the proverbial hot seat is Brian, whom Mikey calls a &amp;quot;coward&amp;quot; for not showing up. Brian, as Bachelorette fans know, was eliminated a few episodes into the season when his girlfriend -- a single mom -- showed up to confront him about lying to her and Des.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;He cheated on her on national television and expected not to get caught?&amp;quot; Ben asks incredulously. &amp;quot;Seriously?&amp;quot;\r\nAdds Brandon, who famously broke down in tears on the day Brian&amp;apos;s girlfriend was revealed: &amp;quot;You don&amp;apos;t do that to a woman, ever.&amp;quot; (Having grown up with a single mom, Brandon took Brian&amp;apos;s affront personally.)\r\nChris Harrison then asks fan favorite Juan Pablo what he thought of all the drama. &amp;quot;To me, it&amp;apos;s not a competition. When I heard Ben say, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m not here to make friends -- I&amp;apos;m here for Des,&amp;apos; those were the two things on Ben that got me, like, &amp;apos;Whoa, we just got here.&amp;apos; We&amp;apos;re getting to know 24 people, you&amp;apos;ve got to get along with them, and [Des] is the one deciding who she&amp;apos;s going to pick. If she doesn&amp;apos;t like me, she is just not going to like me.&amp;quot;\r\nWell said, Juan Pablo. (Is it any wonder that Des got hate mail after she eliminated him?)&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nNext in the hot seat is Ben, who watches his &amp;quot;highlight reel&amp;quot; with a scowl and then attempts to excuse his less-than-princely behavior in the reject limo. (After Des sent him home, he went on a rant about wanting to get drunk and start dating right away.) &amp;quot;I had just been battered for eight hours, and not just about small things -- huge things in my life,&amp;quot; he tells Chris Harrison. &amp;quot;The only thing I regret about the show is some of the words I said in that limo.&amp;quot;\r\nOh, is that the only thing you regret, Ben? One of the guys speaks up and says that Ben&amp;apos;s ex -- his son&amp;apos;s mom -- approached him in Vegas and told him that Ben was cheating on some other ex-girlfriend when she got pregnant with Brody. Ben insists he&amp;apos;s a good father but admits that being on The Bachelorette taught him some &amp;quot;ways to improve [himself.]&amp;quot;\r\nJames, on the other hand, sees nothing wrong with his behavior on the show. After sitting through his own highlight reel -- which centers around the alleged conversation he had with Mikey about wanting to be the next Bachelor -- he attempts to shift blame onto the other guys in the house. &amp;quot;I feel like my integrity was stripped and my character was stripped from me with those conversations,&amp;quot; he tells Chris Harrison, noting that he felt &amp;quot;bullied&amp;quot; by Kasey and Drew. &amp;quot;I think there&amp;apos;s a few guys that owe me an apology.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nNot surprisingly, none of the guys offers one up. Talk then turns to Mikey, whom James kind of threw under the bus. (James&amp;apos; defense to Des was that Mikey was the one talking about meeting girls and becoming the next Bachelor.) Mikey doesn&amp;apos;t seem to mind James&amp;apos; allegations, though -- in fact, he admits that he suggested to James that they could &amp;quot;have a good time together&amp;quot; in Chicago once the show was over. &amp;quot;People need to have a plan B in life,&amp;quot; he argues.\r\nKasey takes issue with that. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re going to look at your wife on her wedding day and say, &amp;apos;Hey, honey, if this doesn&amp;apos;t work out, I&amp;apos;ve got this girl&amp;apos;?&amp;quot; he asks accusingly. &amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s what you&amp;apos;re saying!&amp;quot;\r\nThings get heated then, as Mikey stands up to confront Kasey for badmouthing him on the show. There&amp;apos;s a lot of shouting and pointing -- Mikey looks like he wants to hit Kasey -- but Chris Harrison manages to get the room under control again, which gives Juan Pablo an opening to speak his mind on the issue.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Listen, I&amp;apos;m going to be honest with you,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I like James, but my daughter or my sister I would not want to date James right now. If he becomes good James, I&amp;apos;m happy with it. But right now, no my daughter, no my sister.&amp;quot; Harrison then asks the audience whether they&amp;apos;d trust James to be the next Bachelor, and the answer is a very resounding &amp;quot;No.&amp;quot; Sorry, James!\r\nNext in the spotlight is Juan Pablo. &amp;quot;In the history of this show, no guy has made a greater impact with less screen time than our soccer-playing single dad,&amp;quot; Harrison says in his introduction. &amp;quot;He&amp;apos;s the fan favorite we barely got to know, so let&amp;apos;s get to know him now!&amp;quot; After a brief highlight reel showing Juan Pablo in a speedo and then Skyping with his daughter, Harrison asks the soccer stud to share what he wants out of life. &amp;quot;Right now, I am almost 32 years old. I really want a family,&amp;quot; he says, adding that he would like to &amp;quot;settle down and have a wife and two more kids.&amp;quot;\r\nHaving a family is Zak&amp;apos;s dream, too -- one he thought he was getting with Des. He takes the stage next and is clearly still sad about being dumped in the last episode, though he admits to &amp;quot;coming on a little strong&amp;quot; with the ring he gave her. He can&amp;apos;t help it though -- he spends six months of every year on an oil rig and has to get &amp;quot;creative&amp;quot; about meeting and wooing women.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of creativity, Harrison brings up the journal Zak gave Des on their second date, which included a &amp;quot;secret message&amp;quot; written in invisible ink: &amp;quot;Love is it / The only reason to open your home to a stranger / The one creature worthy of surrendering freedom / No risk is too great / No apprehension justifiable / All hope is rooted in it / Because love is our only hope for happiness / And I am happy to say this is love.&amp;quot;\r\nOn that note, it&amp;apos;s time to bring out the Bachelorette herself! Des greets the guys a little nervously, noting that &amp;quot;it&amp;apos;s not everyday you see all your ex-boyfriends,&amp;quot; but she seems to relax once she and Harrison start chatting. She happily accepts Jonathan&amp;apos;s apology for the fantasy suite stunt, but she&amp;apos;s less forgiving of Ben. &amp;quot;As I got to talk to Ben more and more, things started becoming very insincere,&amp;quot; she explains. &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;apos;t gauge emotion in his eyes when he was talking about things.&amp;quot; Then, addressing Ben directly, she adds: &amp;quot;I think that came out when you were sent home and in the limo. The first thing that came into your mind was, like, &amp;apos;Hey Hollywood!&amp;apos;...It was very arrogant.&amp;quot;\r\nJames takes some heat, too. She accuses him of manipulating her feelings and making her feel bad for trusting the other guys, and then says he wasn&amp;apos;t there for the right reasons. &amp;quot;You don&amp;apos;t think about your second wife while you&amp;apos;re still with your first,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;You were in a relationship!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;You were in a relationship with 25 other guys,&amp;quot; he fires back. To which she replies simply: &amp;quot;Ugh.&amp;quot;\r\nHer reaction to Zak is much softer. Asked why she sent him packing after the hometown dates, Des explains that he &amp;quot;would sometimes hide behind [his] smile&amp;quot; -- which she herself has been accused of. &amp;quot;I wasn&amp;apos;t sure if maybe I&amp;apos;d be the one that you would have a hard day and want to come home and talk to about that,&amp;quot; she shares.\r\nZak seems to appreciate her explanation. He even has a response prepared -- in the form of a song. &amp;quot;It hurts the most to say goodbye,&amp;quot; he sings. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m moving on. I&amp;apos;m moving on.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd so is Des! Come back next week for part one of the &amp;quot;most dramatic&amp;quot; finale ever, per Chris Harrison. (He means it this time, he swears.)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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